August 2019: Reading Thread

[Danny McG]

could someone please tell a book of gor that is actually degrading to women?

Read them, you'll find one eventually, if you read too many you'll turn into a 1970's bloke!

 

[biodroid]

The Ember Blade - Chris Wooding. Enjoying it so far and I have only read 5 pages so it's off to a good start.

 

[tobl]

So listening to the Last centurion by John ringo... Normally a writer i like. All i can say about this book is that People should read tom kratman instead

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

I'm reading a book from our local book group The Wych Elm, by Tana French. A murder mystery thriller with a twist.

 

[Randy M.]

I'm reading a book from our local book group The Wych Elm, by Tana French. A murder mystery thriller with a twist.

It's in Mount TBR. I'll be interested in what you have to say.


Randy M.

 

[Danny McG]

Also I'm starting this one for a bit of light reading...
Alpha Male: Stop Being a Wuss - Let Your Inner Alpha Loose! How to Be a Chick Magnet, Boost Your Confidence to the Roof, Develop a Charismatic Personality and Dominate Your Life Like a True Alpha Male
by James Becket

DNF
What a load of twonk!

 

[The Big Peat]

Curious to hear what you think. It's on my shorter TBR for later this year. (Which really means nothing I suppose. I make piles of books to read then when the time comes to choose one, I pick one from a different pile. But a good response from others sometimes tips the balance.)

Randy M.

I'm going to be posting up a full review but the short notes are that it's fun and it's interesting to read a piece of fantasy history, but it's lacking that little something that takes good to great and it feels a little cliche now (which is very harsh, all things considered).

 

[Pedro Del Mar]

SPOILERS: NIGHT ANGEL TRILOGY

Late last night I finished the third and final part of Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy: Beyond The Shadows.
Have to say I was disappointed with the ending. What started out as a Grimdark bleak and riveting series finished with not exactly a happy ending but certainly very close to it. The main characters were all singing together at the end to raise the magic to defeat the evil. Singing? I couldn't believe what I was reading.

Next up is something more Grimdark, could be Anna Smith Spark, Ulf Lehmann, Anna Stephens, Nicholas Eames or Ed McDonald....

 

[Pedro Del Mar]

Ulff Lehmann wins

 

[Rodders]

Just finished "When The English Fall" by David Williams. A beautiful book, well written. Highly recommended.

Now on to Bloodlines by F. Paul Wilson. (Book 11 in the Repairman Jack series.)

 

[Danny McG]

Moving on now...
Birthright; The Book of Man by Mike Resnick

I've finished this. I can't really recommend it.
Done in episodic future history style but too full of monologues